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Phoenix

Apparently, when I get emotional I write poetry. The mood of it explains the mood I was in when it was written - which is pretty much how I do that. Anyway, here’s a poem:

It dulls your senses
Makes your head throb
Makes you rage against one -
Someone?

No one.

Howling at the white moon framed by the black sky
Black like your pain.
Wings of hatred sprout, and you fly
Away from it all

Information floods your brain
Like that tall gray wall that is your pride has finally broken
under the relentless attack (cliché though it is)
of that hurricane of feelings

It never ends.

Only waits, watching.
And your soul dies, over and over
Reborn each time - a surreal phoenix, if you will - comprised of your thoughts, hopes, dreams
Emerges anew when the call of this phoenix is answered and the sun rises
And your eyes dry, yet still smart from the heat
Stinging and twitching with memory.

The human race is not forgiving, nor is it ever forgiven.
This is not said without good reason.

I’m going to be entering this into a competition soon since I thought it was pretty good. I wondered at how the words seemed to flow straight from my mind to the paper - the pencil only a gateway. Of course, see where it gets me? Now I’m being what I call “clichéd poetic” without even trying. Anyway, hope you like it, and there’s another webcomic coming soon (possibly a series soon too!).

Learning for the Future

In preparing students for the twenty-first century we need to educate them in certain ways. Skills in certain areas will be necessary because of recent advances in technology, for example, the human race will need to accept that computers and robots may do our jobs better than we do. In other words we must learn humility. Other skills will become the norm as well, for example it will be necessary in day-to-day life to have basic programming skills in all the major languages, we will also need to be able to service the hardware side of things too.

I believe this video is the newest version, correct me if I’m wrong. It was originally made by Karl Fisch (see his blog at The Fischbowl) for a presentation on how his high school should be teaching kids. It has been remade so many times it’s not even worth mentioning who else helped.

I’ve always loved this kind of video - words that shock you along with some quiet music. This goes along with someone talking made into animations, such as Alan Watt’s videos. This was actually assigned to be watched, which is progress in our school system, however it was also assigned that we fill out a sheet and analyze the video, which totally ruined all the progress. The writing in the top paragraph is actually one answer of what I’m handing in! Even this is a connection to the video. If the right steps are made soon all classes will be on computers, and, even further along, blogs, which is why I like including my homework into something I consider fun.

This video makes me think. If a laptop available in 2049 will surpass the combined technological power of the human race put together, than what are we left to do? As much as anybody I wouldn’t like an “I, Robot” situation however this may be for the better. I choose to see these advances as an opportunity; with all the “menial” (think open heart surgery) jobs out of the way our kind will have all the time we need to express ourselves in ways we can’t program computers to; such as the arts. Think about it.

Tip II coming soon.

Son of Patchpelt, Part Three

Reminiscent of Raven

A glittering black
reminiscent of raven
as if a flash of wings
fluttering by, blacker than night
blacker than blackest, it takes away your fear
your hunger
your desire
curiosity wells: in the tranquil gardens of your mind
a sprinkling of dew wets the green green grass
inexplicably falling to unmapped distances

Potion

Deathly cauldron
simmering whilst the witch chants
over her potion
it will not cure warts
nor a broken heart
and it doesn’t particularly seem to do anything
so the witch is disappointed
but she trudges on
through the fields of knowledge
picking a flower, once in a while
for the love of life she tries and tries again
until her ingredients, and soul, are spent.

Raindrop

The illusion of mist
a shimmering blue
walking along
staying true
to the laws of nature
that govern all
yet impossibly
the rain does not fall
touch a drop
it will implode
it’s life spent
death to you owed

Have you been dancing?

It’s not very surprising that I haven’t blogged recently, most of the time I blog when I have other things to do that I actually want to, and summer is full of things I want to do. However, I seem to have pulled myself together a bit to post a movie I recently saw:

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I find it reflects a lot on my view of life; I find it very annoying when I know (to use that metaphor) that I can dance, but am unable to due to everybody around me, for example, my previous school system (HCS) was horrible and failed to meet my needs (a “larger dance floor”).

Keep dancing!

Alan Watts’ videos (yes there are more and they rock!)

More Writing

I haven’t posted in a while, and it seems like Arthus’ writing section stimulates me, because once again I have seen it and chosen to post a piece of writing. Again I am doing a poem. Please forgive me if it is a bit sappy and way too hormone influenced. (only arthus understands the title and it’s classified information so sorry for any confusion)

Frodo

I see her walking by
And my heart pounds
In a metaphorical sense, of course
I don’t see the use in talking to her (I would just make myself a fool more)
Except for the occasional comment
I watch from a distance
I am no stalker, just a teenager
I chat once in a while
And that’s okay with me
I don’t really want anything to happen
People offer me help, to get to know her
But I am okay where I am now, watching
I decline.
I listen to my techno music while thinking
Should I do anything?
I know that is is only a “puppy love” situation
But I also know that I like her
In most songs I hear
They talk of love
It is a touchy thing, and all of them get it wrong
All of us can feel it
But never describe it
I cannot describe it either.
All we can do is try to explain how we feel
And mess it up and try and try again
Nobody really understands how it feels for any person other than themselves
And we know this
We all know this
So why am I even trying?
I know nothing will ever happen with us, except maybe a dance or two, because I am just a stupid teenager in this gigantic planet full of them. I am just a stupid geek, damn it, I’m typing this on my blog on the internet, but still…
So I sit back in the chair and think some more.

I don’t like or dislike writing any more (I used to hate it), and it makes me feel strange, especially poetry on touchy subjects. I hope I will gather my courage and ask Frodo to dance after graduation, but I doubt I ever will. But I think we all have and have had our middle school (so sue me if I haven’t had a crush yet, I’m a nerd) crushes, and like it that way.